I'm new to blogging (few months) and keep finding new tasks that I need to complete. Here's what I've done so far

Setup

Obtain my own domain

Setup Blogger

Created sitemap on Google Webmaster Tools

Redirected to my domain

Setup RSS feed

Redirected RSS Feed to Feedburner

Submitted to blog directories

Submitted to RSS Feed directories

On-going

Write content 2-3 times a week

Ping RSS feeds via shark feed

Update StumbleUpon

Update Tweeter

Update Facebook

Update Reddit

Rinse-Repeat

Also, participate in social media and forums.

I'm open to any suggestions to improving exposure. Also, I'm interested to hear what's better regarding Wordpress or continue with Blogger.

Thanks!

sarahjohs
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2013-10-16T04:52:13Z —
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Not sure if you are trying to point out the blogging details here, right from obtaining a domain till the promotion that you're carrying over. Most of the bloggers does the same as what you have mentioned. But then I think you have missed some points:

Setting up with a Google+ authorship for a blogger is more important.

Haven't you created a sitemap for your blogger? If not, do it now to get your blogs indexed much better.

Call to Action could be provided to engage the readers and make it easier for them to catch up with you. Say Join my mail listing, Connect with me @ (social media), Visit my office/shop, etc.

If you are after a free product (without opting for any of the plugins), Blogger will be the best option than Wordpress. But then, even for certain plugins, you'll have to pay a few to use some extras.

Hope you can try influencing the blogger by contributing a little more.

Good luck

coloradojaguar
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2013-10-16T17:37:44Z —
#3

Check out Attracta for your free site map submission to the search engines. If you are hosting your blog on a true cPanel hosting provider than it should be in your tools area. Good luck with your blogging and just keep creating good high quality custom content for your niche and you will do well.

Shamatae
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2013-10-16T22:49:42Z —
#4

sarahjohs,Thank you for your input, it is very helpful. I have my Google+ account mapped to my blogger blog. Is there anything else you would recommend? How about a facebook fan page?

Shamatae
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2013-10-16T22:50:50Z —
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coloradojaguar said:

Check out Attracta for your free site map submission to the search engines. If you are hosting your blog on a true cPanel hosting provider than it should be in your tools area. Good luck with your blogging and just keep creating good high quality custom content for your niche and you will do well.

Appreciate the input. I'm trying Attracta for the first time.

Shamatae
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2013-10-19T15:42:15Z —
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jainhost said:

Fantastic post ! And this post is really lucrative for every information seeker and person who is willing to put their efforts for better updates for search engine optimization.

Thanks for the feedback. I found it daunting to get started and making sure that I'm doing the correct tasks in order for SEO. I helps when I get this working to put it into a actionable task list.

Next stop is what social media buttons to make available.

sarahjohs
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2013-10-23T11:59:25Z —
#7

Shamatae said:

sarahjohs,Thank you for your input, it is very helpful. I have my Google+ account mapped to my blogger blog. Is there anything else you would recommend? How about a facebook fan page?

Hope you'd probably be well-versed in Twitter (Tweet chat). Likewise, if you could spend some time for Google plus huddle you'd be supposed to get a few more energizing traffic to your blog. Say you can try promoting your Google+ huddle on your blog posts to engage the interaction between a group of users. This would rather draw some attention to your blog

Try if you've not done this yet.

lisare
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2013-11-14T10:39:29Z —
#8

You can post to pinging sites to give your blog indexed upadtes.Sites are:

ping.fmpingomatic.com

Dennelton_Mandiau
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2014-01-05T04:27:05Z —
#9

That is good idea. In other word, if you think about make money after you have blog/web, don't think it while writting because it can make you annoy. Happy blogging.